To honour Dr. Maud Menten, the Institute of Genetics has established the Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes. Dr. Menten's outstanding career as a biomedical scientist led to many achievements including important co-discoveries relating to blood sugar, haemoglobin and kidney functions. In 1913, a collaboration with Leonor Michaelis on the behaviour of enzymes resulted in the Michaelis-Menten equation, a biochemical concept so fundamental that it is familiar to first-year science students.
This program is designed to recognize and support the research excellence of Canadian New Investigators working within the IG's mandate. The Maud Menten New Investigator Prizes consist of a one-year, non-renewable $30,000 research grant. Annually the IG makes available a prize in each of the following research areas: i) biomedical; ii) clinical; and iii) health services/population health, including genetic ethical, legal and social issues. For each of the research areas, the IG also makes available two finalist prizes. The finalist prizes consist of a one-year, non-renewable $1,000 research grant. These research grants are intended to offset the direct costs of the recipient/finalist's research program.
The IG is pleased to announce the results of the 2005 Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes [ HTML | PDF (140 KB) | Help ]. A total of two prizes (one biomedical; one health services/population health) and three finalists (two biomedical; one health services/population health) were awarded for funding at the 4th Annual New Principal Investigators Meeting (November 4-6, 2005, Jackson's Point, Ontario).
For further information about this program, please contact:
Jennifer Ralph
Program Delivery Officer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Tel.: (613) 941-1068
Fax: (613) 954-1800
Email: jralph@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Stephanie Robertson
Assistant Director Ottawa - Institute of Genetics
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: (613) 954-0533
Fax: (613) 954-1800
Email: srobertson@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
